Building construction



Juiy 23, 1935.

' J. F. NIEMAN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 15, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet1 INVENTOR BY ii/W ORNEY y 1935. J. F. NIEMAN I BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONFiled March 15, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 PIC-3.4

INVENTOR ORNEY Juiy 23, 1935.

J. F. NIEMAN- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 15, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet3 Flee FIG.7

j gVENTOR BY ORNEY My invention has Patented July 23, 1935 a I UNITEDSTATES BUILDING CONSTRUCTION John Frank Nieman, Stamford, Conn.

Application March 15,

6 Claims.

My invention relates to that class of buildings, the walls of which areconstructed of brick, hollow tile, insulating blocks of cork or similarmaterial with an outercoating of stucco. for its object to provide areinforcing tie member which is adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the courses of the blocks, the tie member being so shaped thatit will engage opposite sides of alternate studding. In this manner I amable to literally tie the building blocks to the studding so that therecan be no lateral movement thereof as well as anchoring them against anyoutward movement.

A further object is to so construct that part of the reinforcing memberwhich engages the studding, that it may be quickly and easily secured tothe studding without any skilled labor being required for that purpose.

A further object is to provide a construction which can be readilysecured to a steel I beam should that form of studding be employed.

A further object is to provide a tie member for use where blocks of corkor other insulating material is used, which will positively engage theouter surface of the blocks.

My means of accomplishing the foregoing objects may be more readilyunderstood by having reference to the accompanying drawings which arehereunto annexed and are a part of this specification, in which- Fig. 1is a perspective view of a wall with oertian parts broken away forclarity, showing my device;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of the same; Figs. 4 and 5 area'vertical and horizontal cross section similar to Figs. 3 and 2 withthe exception that an I beam is used;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation view of a modification of my device; and

Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section of the same.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entiredescription.

As shown in the drawings, the wall, only a fragmentary portion of whichis shown, consists of a plurality of brick 1, vertical studding. 2 andreinforcing tie members 3. These tie members are U shaped and havesufficient spread so that their arms 4 and 5 will straddle adjacentstudding. The arms 4 and 5 are each provided with eyes'fi and 1 throughwhich may pass nails 8.and 9 which are driven into the studs 2 onopposite sides when 4 they are of wood, thus anchoring the tie membersagainst longitudinal movement; When the 1935, Serial No. 11,199

studding is formed of I beams 2' so that nails cannot be driven intothem, I form the ends of the arms 4' and 5' asclearly shown at 6 and 1'in Figs. 4 and 5. These hooks are then caused to engage the steel Ibeams and thus the tie mem- 5 bers are anchored as securely as in thecase where they are nailed in the Wooden studding. When hollow tile isused or blocks of cork insulation, it is desirable to form the crossmembers it of the U as shown in Figs. 6 and'l. In this construction 10 Iform projections II and i2 which extend vertically from the cross member[9 and abut the outer surface it of the blocks I4. As these projectionsH and I2 extend in both upward and downward directions, it will beapparent to per- 15 sons skilled in the art that when the arms 4 and 5are fastened to the studding that it is impossible for the blocks M tofall outwardly as long as the tie members are attached to the studding.It will be clear that I intend to have the reinforcing tie 20 memberspractically continuous since each one will be attached to one stud andextend to the adjacent one while the next one will overlap and thus inthis manner extend the entire length of the wall. It will also be seenthat they may be 25 placed in the mortar intermediate as many courses ofthe building blocks regardless of the material they are constructed ofasis desired. It has been found that when this construction is used, anexceedingly sturdy wall is formed with- 30 out materially increasing theexpense. 7

Having described my invention what I regard as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: 1. In a building construction, a wall havingVertical studding and. a plurality of building blocks, reinforcing tiemembers comprising a plurality of U shaped members, the arms of whichare adapted to engage the opposite sides of adjacent studding, eyes onthe ends of said arms through which securing means may be. driven intothe studding, the remaining part-of said U shaped reinforcing membersbeing adapted to lie intermediate the courses of said blocks. 2. In abuilding construction, a wall having ver- 45 tical studding and aplurality of building blocks, reinforcing tie members comprising aplurality of U shaped members, the arms of which are adapted to engagethe opposite sides of adjacent studding, the remaining part of said Ushaped reinforcing members being adapted to lie intermediate the coursesof said blocks.

3. In a building construction, a wall having vertical studding and aplurality of building blocks formed of I beams, reinforcing tie mem- 5ding, eyes on the ends of said arms through which securing means may bedriven into the studding, the remaining part of said U shapedreinforcing members being adapted to lie intermediate the courses ofsaid blocks, and extending beyond said blocks, vertical projectionsformed on said tie members which engage the outer surface of adjacentcourses of said blocks.

5. In a building construction, a Wall having vertical studding and aplurality of building locks, reinforcing tie members comprising a plu- 5rality of U shaped members, adapted to lie intermediate the courses ofsaid blocks, the arms being secured to the studding whereby longitudinalmovement of said reinforcing tie members is prevented. 1

6. In a building construction, a Wall comprising stationary 'erticalstudding, formed of suitable materials, contacting with said studding,by means of anchors, embedded horizontally in the mortar bed of saidsuitable materials, and means 15 for cross'connecting the anchors toopposite sides of alternate stud.

' J. FRANK NIEMAN.

